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Adjutant General (Certificates of the RI Line) payroll accounts

 Series — Volume: Adjutant General (Certificates of the RI Line) payroll accounts, 1784
Identifier: C#00211
Abstract Function: To settle the account of John Singer Dexter with the U.S. for payments to soldiers of the RI line. Includes: Date of payment, name of payee, amount of each certificate, total amount due each soldier, soldier's signature and occasionally a sicp1ature to witness soldier's signature. Signatures were somet1mes made by heirs, attorneys, etc. This material has been microfilmed.
Dates: 1784
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Adjutant General Military Service liability rolls

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00077-C#00085
Abstract Series consists of the name, address, color, military liability, and serial number (of unknown origin) of males ages 21-30.
Dates: 1917-1918
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Adjutant General records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00793-C#00117-C#00544-C#00489
Dates: 1781-1973
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Army and Navy registers and journals

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1636-1398
Abstract Weekly publications dedicated to military history & the United States Armed forces
Dates: 1883-1900
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Board of Military Enrollment records

 Series
Identifier: C#00783
Dates: 1863-1865
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Civil War Military records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00472-C#01171
Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties &...
Dates: 1856-1894; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Councils of War records

 Series
Identifier: C#00253
Scope and Contents Councils of War consisting of the Governor, members of the legislature & militia established to coordinante the manning, equipping & application of Rhode Island forces engaged during times of conflict or war. French & Indian War February 8, 1755, Committee of War appointed with “full power and authority during the recess of the General Assembly, to give out orders to such officers as may be appointed by the Assembly, for that purpose,...
Dates: 1711-1818
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Furlough Record of James J. McQuade

 File — Folder: 28 Furlough Records of James McQuade, 1899
Identifier: 1636-4036
Scope and Contents Includes Western Union telegram, Furlough order, and request for furlough
Dates: 1899
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Harold G. Fletcher collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1994-19
Scope and Contents Collection consists of personal memborabilia belonging to Harold G. Fletcher acquired during his serivice as Seargeant later Warrant Officer with the 118th Engineers Company B and HQ and Service Company, 43rd Infantry Division during the period of the 1930's through the 1950's
Dates: c. 1937-1960
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Military Proclamation for George E. Taylor

 Item — Folder: Proclamation for George E. Taylor,5/4/1869, 2020-13
Identifier: 2020-13
Dates: 05/04/1869
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Office of the Quartermaster General records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 09.04
Scope and Contents Offices of Directory & Purveyer General of the Military Hospital, Surgeon & Physician General, Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, & Commissary General established, October 30, 1779, pursuant to “Act for Better Forming, Regulating & Conducting the Military Force of this State” (C#00210 – Acts & Resolves of the General Assembly, 1779 – 1780, Vol. 7 # 19; abstract, “Schedules”, October Session, p. 33)
Dates: 1837-1925
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Paymaster General records

 Series
Identifier: 09.07
Dates: 1856-1879
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions

 Series — Box: President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions, 1865
Identifier: 1636-1636.1
Abstract The President Abraham Lincoln tribute subscriptions consists of $1.00 donations made by Rhode Island residents to honor the memory of President Lincoln as part of a $100.00 tribute to be presented to Mrs. Lincoln and family by Governor James Y. Smith. Selected items include donations from Market Men of Providence, residents of East Providence and Pawtucket, employees of Sayles Bleachery, and the Bristol Steam Mill.
Dates: April- May 1865
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Quartermaster General Special Requisitions

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1636-1617
Abstract Articles or services furnished by the Quartermaster General’s Department to Rhode Island military forces, governmental agencies, organizations or individuals engaged in federal service during the Civil War.
Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Revolutionary War Military Returns

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#00486
Abstract Documents related to the service of men during the Revolutionary War. Included are: returns of companies, returns of officers of regiments, pay rolls, clothing accounts, and other documents which list individual names and relate other information about their service.
Dates: 1776-1781
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island Militia records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C#01143-C#01144
Dates: 1794-1960
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island National Guard records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1997-63-1999-104-2003-62
Dates: 1919-2012
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Spanish American War Military records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 09.02
Scope and Contents Records of Rhode Island units organized & engaged in United States Service during hostilities with Spain, April 21 – August 12, 1898. Includes orders issued, correspondence & reports, volunteer enlistment / recruit examination records, muster & pay rolls, morning reports & compiled & consolidated service cards pertaining to the First Rhode Island US Volunteer Infantry stationed at Camp Russell A. Alger, VA, May – July, 1898; Camp George Gordon Meade, PA, August – September,...
Dates: 1898-1899
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

State Allotment Commissioner records

 Series
Identifier: 09.06
Dates: 1862-1866
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

The Uniform of the Army of the United States

 Item — Box: Uniform of the Army of the United States October 1, 1908 (1636-720)
Identifier: 1636-720
Abstract In 1908, Quartermaster General J.B. Alshire published 127 colored lithographic plates depicting each type of individual clothing and insignia (from head to foot) authorized for all officers and enlisted men of, and for all branches of the U.S. Army. These illustrations were based on the uniform regulations of 1907.
Dates: October 1, 1908
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

Volunteer Enlistment records

 Series
Identifier: 09.01
Scope and Contents Volunteer enrollments with State militia, attached chartered independent companies, National Guard, State Guard & Provision Companies of the State Guard Reserves. Includes age, residence, nativity, occupation, height, eye & hair color, complexion & signature or mark of applicant. May contain record of medical examination conducted, parent or guardian authorization or reference to prior enlistment or military service, etc. Rhode Island militia reorganized pursuant to act...
Dates: c. 1879-1970
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

World War II scrapbooks

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1636-324
Scope and Contents 19 scrapbooks Box 1 Vol 1 - Woonsocket - Decenber 12, 1941 - February 28, 1942 Vol 2 - Woonsocket - June 1, 1943 - September 20, 1943 Vol 2 - Johnston/North Providence, July 1, 1943 - January 10, 1944 Box 2 Vol 3 - Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, May 8, 1943 - September 29, 1943 Vol 3 - Woonsocket, North Smithfield, Burrillville, September 21, 1943 - December 24, 1943 Vol 4 - Central Falls, Cumberland, Lincoln, September 30, 1943 - January 30, 1944 Box 3 Vol 4 - Woonsocket, North...
Dates: 1941-1946
Found in: Rhode Island State Archives

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